İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. (on/about ile) görüslerini/niyetini ögrenmeye çalismak, agzini aramak. sound someone out(on/about sth. ) ağzını aramak,ne düşündüğünü anlamaya çalışmak.

Etymology : Middle English, from Old English gesund; akin to Old High German gisunt healthy
Pronunciation : 'saund
Function : adjective
Date : 13th century

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1. ask someone's opinion on an issue; pronounce an unfamiliar word by slowly uttering the sounds of each letter and assembling them into a word (for children who are learning to read). try to find out how a person feels about something by asking questions I have been sounding out my wife recently about whether or not she wants to move to a new house. sound outv.
2. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "she pronounces french words in a funny way"; "i cannot say `zip wire'"; "can the child sound out this complicated word?" [syn: pronounce, articulate, enounce, enunciate, say].
3. try to learn someone's opinions and intentions; "i have to sound out the new professor" [syn: check out, feel out].
4. If you sound someone out, you question them in order to find out what their opinion is about something. He is sounding out Middle Eastern governments on ways to resolve the conflict Sound him out gradually. Make sure it is what he really wants.